To be upset about this post on Facebook?

I know, I know...stay of FB. But today I saw a post from a Facebook friend about her baby not sleeping well. One of the comments on it was from a friend of hers. She was saying that her baby (less than 6 months) has been waking since Christmas looking for her soother. So she decided to take the soother off her AND do 'the controlled crying thing'. She is on Day 3 and apparently the baby cried from half four until her DH got up at 7.This sounds more like CIO than CC first of all, and second she took her baby's comfort away and then left her to get upset alone. WTF? This seems so cruel. I don't know this girl but I have been feeling so sad for this little baby. She'll be OK wont she, I'm going to be thinking of her tonight now

Leaving a very young baby to cry for 10 mins is one thing. Leaving it to scream its lungs out for 2.5 hours is wicked. How do people lie in their beds and listen to their own baby scream? You wouldn't leave a puppy to cry like that FGS.

I would have posted something in response with some comment about it being cruel, sod the reaction. Some people need to be told.

I would comment personally. It could be she's been told by people "why haven't you left her crying, thats why she's fussing you shouldn't be going to her" etc, and another view point might help. I have been quite forcebly told I'm doing her damage and making her clingy by going to her when she cries by a nursery worker friend, and the mum of another friend. If you do it in an "Sounds like she's not the kind of baby that responds to "crying it out"! My DD/DS was like that, it made them so much worse if I didn't go to them when they were upset, they'll get better once they feel more secure and they know you'll respond if they're scared/upest, it won't last forever!!" type of comment it's probably better than just going "you shouldn't leave her crying" so on

It's upsetting, it comes across as unkind but you don't know more than the summary of events you've read on Facebook.

There's nothing you can do about it though and nothing you write as a comment will help. So best stay clear and put it out of your mind.

I know this is difficult because only last night I read something that truly shocked me on FB. Someone who is, in every way (I thought) an exceptionally caring parent had resolved a situation in a manner that I thought highly inappropriate but not actually directly harmful. But she wouldn't have welcomed me saying so publicly. Ultimately, it isn't my business.

You, nor OP, knows if the baby was actually left to cry for that long. I often say "DS didnt stop crying all night" or "god DS cried for 3 hours the othe rnight" of course I dont literally mean he didnt stop crying all night or that I didnt see to him in that 3 hours.

One post on FB, a few words, not enough to get on the soapbox and publicly tut at her IMO.

I am not going to comment. This woman doesn't know me from Adam. So nothing i will say will make the slightest bit of difference. Hopefully she was exaggerating although she was very specific about the times. A few other people made general suggestions about comforting her or giving something to replace comfort of soother but she was adamant that she three days in and not 'giving in' to the baby now